Joseph galamb



J. GALAMB.

TIRE CARRIER.

APPLICATION Flu-:01 020.9. 1920.

. Patented May 16, 192

Witness,

I INVNTOR 17 12y M A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.rosnrn GALAMB, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR To ronoivrorron COMPANY,01? HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

TIRE CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1920. Serial No. 429,448.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosErII GALAMB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State I ofMichigan, haveinvented new and useful which a tire or rim may be readily mounted Iwith a minimum amount of effortand then conveniently locked againstremovaL.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rigid carrier, of thisdescription having spaced supporting points for the tire so that thesepoints cannot accidentally be moved relative to each other to therebyloosen the tire, which would be possible if these points were notrigidlysupported.

A further object of my invention is to provide a. tire carrier havingtwo' fixed points of contact with a rim, a manually' movable point ofcontact, and two or more points of contact actuated upon the move- 'mentof the manually moved contact.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tire carrier which willcombine great strength with a minlmum amount of contacting surfacerelative to the rim mounted thereon.

1A further object of my invention is to provide a tire carrier whichcombines a saving in material with an additional rigid- A further objectof my invention is to veniently manufactured at a minimum cost.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, combination, and construction of the various parts of myimproved device, as described in the specification, claimed in myclaims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tire'carrier constructed accordingtomy invention and Figure 2 shows a front elevation of the carrierillustrated in Figure l.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a cross barmember for my carrier which is formed from a piece of angle iron,disposed in substantially a horizontal position and provided with slotsand openings 11 for the purpose of supporting a lamp and a licenseplate. Adjacent to either end of the cross bar 10 the vertical -webthereof is cut away so that the upper web may be bent down at 12 to forman attaching means for the remaining portion of the tire carrier. Fixedto these bent over portions 12 are tire or rim supporting clips 13having their end ears 14 adapted to extend upwardly along, and to engagethe sides of a tire or rim. A strip of material of comparatively greatrigidity forms the body portion of my improved carrier and has its endsfastened to the clips 13 and the bent over portions 12 by pairs of,rivets 15.

This body portion is curved adjacent to its ends and the clips-13 for adistance to conform generally to the outline of the tire which is to besupported by the carrier. The member is then inclined downwardly andinwardly at 16 to position below the central portion of the cross bar10. At this point a rim or tire engaging clip 17 is secured to the bodymember by the rivets 18. The clip 17 has a single ear 19 at its forwardedge designed to Patented May'16, 1922.

form a stop for the rim or tire when the latter is placed upon thecarrier.

In the installation of a tire or rim upon this carrier the inner surfaceof the tire rim is hooked over the two spaced clips 13 between therespective pairs of ears 14, and

then the lower central portion of thetire rim is pushed in over the clip17 to position where its forward inner edge contacts with the stop'19'.The stop 19 is inclined at the place where it contacts with a rimdownwardly'and forwardly, as will be seen by referring to theaccompanying drawings.

A movable stop 20 is pivotally secured to the cli a 17 by a bolt 21. Themovable stop 20 and an upward projection at the rear edge of the clip 17have aligned openings 22 therein, and above these aligned openings arealigned notches 23. The upper edge or end of the movable clip- 20 isturnedover forwardly and engages the upper edge of the upward extensionon the clip 17. The

upward extension of the clip 17 has forwill prevent the latter fromrattling.

ner edge of the tire or rim. As the upper end of the stop 20 i is turnedin against the upward extension on the clip 17,,itwill be seen thattightening of the bolt 21 will draw the lower end'ofthestop 20 againstsaidtire on lim and the natural resiliency of the stop20; will cause itto engage the tire or rim with a slightly yielding force whli ph 1e,forward'pressure of the. stop 20 against the rim will: cause the latterto climb theinclined surface of the stop 19, thereby drawing.the rimdown against the clips 13.- Con tinuing the-pnessureonithestop 20 willthen or" rim and accidental misplacement of the' stop 20,.a shackle of apadlock may be inserted throughathe aligned openings. 22; and providedwith a shackle which will enter the 110M823 which will then prevent theunauthorised or accidental removal. or turning. of the. stop 20. i o

For supportingthe tire carrier on theframe ofanautomobile I provide thebracketsillustrated in thedrawings. Thesebrackets have comparativelyWide portions25 at their rear ends, whichare fastened to the roundportions of the body member of the carrier by the rivets 26. Thesecomparatively wide portions 25-are formed by flatteningout the oi theseangle irons. 27 have their vertical webs cut away for a distance and theend portienof the remainin part of the vertical web folded. in at28 torace the horizontal portion of the bracket. The horizontal portion. of.the a he iron extends beyond this turned in portion 28 and is providedwith a turned 'up ear 29. This extending horizontel" portion is designedto be secured to the top rear end of a frame member of an automobile,while the turned in. portion 28 rents list the rear endof the frame,

where lt may secured by a rivet or bolt passed. through the hole 30.Boltsor rivets may. be used for securing the horizontal 9X:

tended portion to the frame. The turned up ear 29 fits over the curvedup cross mem without being. materially ing the ears 25 are curved toconform to the H curved portions of the body member of the carrier sothatwhenthe rivets Q'Gareusedfon securing'the ears 25 to the bodymember, then it will be very difiicult for anyone to attempt to detachthe body member from the brackets due to the close fit between themandthefact that a rim will overhang the: vconnecting. portions somewhat.

i The practical operation of my device has been brought out inthe courseof this specie fication, but it may be added that this device isdesigned to be either attached to. a usedautoniobile as an accessory orto anew car as part of its factory equipment. Moreover the constructionof the supporting brackets is such that they formla rigid connection;with the frame of an automobile which strengthens rather than weakens.the" tion of these brackets is such thatthey form; ,a very strongsupport for the tire carrying means so that it may receive a heavy blowstrong-construction alsomakes it necessary for any unauthorized personwho attempts to tamper with the the or rim carried by the carrier to usevery heavy tools and. considerable time beforehe can damage the carriersufliciently to removethe tire or rim.-It.

injured. This may also be mentioned. that the ears 14 andi the stops l9and 20 are each slid away from their co-acting members so thatwhen a rim'or tire isplaced in the carrier then that tightening the stop 20 willdraw the tire or rim down between the co-acting sliding surfaces therebygripping it rigidly and. holding it against vibration or rattling. Aslight in gaging the entire ring or rim, so that a: tire: end of anangle iron 27.- The opposite end! is much more easily secured in thecarrier: thanis the case Where such tire or rimmust be closelyfitted tothe support.

The inclined'portions 16 of the body member form a substantialbrace to,preventraisingthe clip-ll7 up toward the clips 13 and prevent one oftheclips 13 from: being sprungtoward the opposite clip 13 andgcli 1 so thatthe'support could be collapsed suf ficiently to permit unauthorizedremoval of. y the tire thereon. A further advantage arises from the useof the inclined portion 16, in.

that it saves a considera-ble amount of material overa carrier whichusesa round body: member.

In the foregoing I have described this car'- rierias being used foreither a. the or rim,

and it will be understood that it is adapted to hold any'substantiallyrigid round article with an open center. from accidental or unauthorizedremoval.

Somechanges may be made in the arrangement and construction of thevarious parts of my improved device without departing from the spirit ofthe invention therein and it is my intention to cover by my claims suchchanges as may be reasonably included within the scope thereof.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a tire carrier a cross bar, rim en-,

gaging means at either end thereof, a body member having curved endportions, the ends of which are disposed adjacent to the ends of saidbar, means for securing said rim engaging means, the ends of the bodymember, and the ends of the bar together, a rim engaging device disposedintermediate of the ends of the body member, the latter being formedwith straight portions between said last described rim engaging deviceand the curved portions, and a co-actingmovable member disposed adjacentto the last described rim engaging device. I

2. In a device of the class described, a body member of slightlyresilient material having curved end portions and converging straightintermediate portions, a cross member of rigid material, supportingbrackets having wide ears at one end curved to fit the curved portionsof the body and angular intermediate portions, and a rim engaging clipat the central portion of the body member adapted when actuated to forcethe adj acent portion of a rim away from the body member, whereby therim may be brought into contact with the rigid portions at the ends ofthe body member, and whereby the latter may be slightly bent to forceadditional portions of the curved parts of the body outwardly toward therim.

3. In a tire carrier, a body member having curved end portions adaptedto conform to the curvature of a tire or rim, relatively straightintermediate portions, and a relatively sharp bend between the straightportions, adjustable rim-engaging devices disposed on said body memberadjacent to the sharp bend above described, a rigid transverse barextended between the ends of said body member, and rim engaging membersdisposed adjacent to the ends of the bar and body member, and bracketsfor supporting said structures secured to the body member at said curvedportions whereby movement of the adjustable locking devices into contactwith a rim may force the curved portions of the body member intoengagement with other portions of the rim thereby insuring a tightfrictional contact between the body member and a-rim mounted thereon atthe place where the body member is supported.

JOSEPH GALAMB. Witness:

RICHARD J. CORNELL, Jr.

